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This species spreads rapidly along rivers by the rooting of 

 broken twisfs and branches. The bark and aments are medici- 

 nal. 



Salix pentandra L. (having five stamens). 

 Bay-leaved or Laurel-leaved Willow. 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation to roadsides: Lyme, near 

 Hadlyme Ferry (Graves), Norfolk (Bissell). May. Adven- 

 tive from Europe. 



Salix lucida ]\Iuhl. (shining). 



Shining Willow. Glossy Willow. 



Occasional. Swamps and borders of ponds and streams. 

 May. 



Salix serissima (Bailey) Fernald (very late; referring to the 



time of flow^ering and fruiting). 

 Autumn Willow. 



Open swamps and wet pastures. Rare or local and appar- 

 ently confined to the northwestern part of the state : Norfolk 

 (Bissell), Salisbur}' (AL L. Fernald. Bissell). May — early 

 June ; fruit Aug. — Sept. 



Salix fragilis L. (brittle). 



Crack Willow. Brittle Willow. 



Rare or local. Waste grounds, moist roadsides and banks 

 of streams as an escape from cultivation : East Windsor and 

 West Hartford (Bissell), New Haven (W. H. Patton, Har- 

 ger), Bridgeport (Eames). May. Naturalized from Europe. 



Introduced into this country about 1850, when a company 

 of promoters induced many farmers to plant this willow for 

 hedges. Many of these old hedges now occur throughout the 

 state. 



Salix alba L. (white). 

 White Willow. 



The typical form of this species has not been reported from 

 Connecticut. 



The var. vitellina (L.) Koch (egg-yellow) is occasional 

 in moist ground, especially near ponds and streams. May. 

 Naturalized from Europe. 



